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B-410898.7 1 (2016-03-03)

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          G     A   O                                                  Comptroller General
V   E   Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                        of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



           Decision


           Matter of:  People, Technology and Processes, LLC

           File:       B-410898.7

           Date:       March 3, 2016

           Victor Buonamia for the protester.
           Desiree A. DiCorcia, Esq., Tiffany N. Alford, Esq., Lea Duerinck, Esq., and Frank V.
           DiNicola, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
           Brent Burris, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
           GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           Protest challenging agency's evaluation of sample tasks using model answers that
           were not disclosed to offerors is denied where the record shows that the evaluation
           was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
           DECISION

           People, Technology and Processes, LLC (PTP), a service-disabled veteran-owned
           small business (SDVOSB) located in Lakeland, Florida, protests the exclusion of its
           proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No.
           VA1 18-15-R-0558, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for
           information technology (IT) services.' The protester contends that the agency's
           evaluation was based on unstated evaluation criteria.

           We deny the protest.

           BACKGROUND

           The RFP, issued on November 19, 2014, anticipated the award of up to 20
           indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts, each with a 5-year base

           1 The procurement at issue is commonly referred to as the Transformation
           Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation procurement, or T4NG. Contracting
           Officer's (CO's) Statement at 1.

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